Feynman 'Fun to Imagine 2: Fire

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1:44



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Massive.... Wood.



[BenjaminKoops]

Awesome



[natia499]

massive wood.. hheeheheheheheehhheehehehh.

[jbkzz89]

Massive wood! *pulls up trousers* Jiggling!

[ddawg132]

I love the excited look on his face when he says that this is fire for the first time.

he has such a passion for physics and chemistry.

[saganemc2]

Richard Feynman=science translator

Carl Sagan=science ambassador

Neil DeGrasse Tyson=science comedian

[Zeykieee]

@saganemc2

I love you.

[saganemc2]

@Zeykieee but i've barely gotten to know you! ;)

[Zeykieee]

@saganemc2

haha. ^-^

[CJones990]

R.I.P., Dr Feynman. <3

[dude157]

I could listen to Feynman all day. No one explains science so well. One in a million does not come close in description. You only get a mind like that once a lifetime or so. 1 in a billion is more accurate.

[fiygkjhgvjlhvgfjklgh]

Im not really sure about the heat released from the wood is the heat that came from the sun

[ChrisGranger]

@fiygkjhgvjlhvgfjklgh Without the sun, photosynthesis doesn't take place and the tree wouldn't grow to give us the piece of wood in the first place. The vast majority of energy humans use originally came to us in the form of sunlight, one way or another.

[awopeldoon]

1:44 "massive wood" then he reaches for his pants o.O

[eahazell]

fire is stored sun.. that is simplistically cool

[ElizaTreichel]

The funniest thing is he's totally wrong; the carbon doesn't get changed, the water does XD

[ProsperosCloset]

@ElizaTreichel He's not a feckin chemist - LOL!

[pokaii]

@ElizaTreichel He is sitting with a Nobel prize, and you are sitting in front of the computer. even though is not completely correct but it is a pleasure to listen to him.

RIP Feynman

[sojojoid]

I've read Feynman's biography but this was the first time I've heard a recording of his voice. His heavy New York accent threw me for a loop.

[me835]

@sojojoid go back and read it again; you can hear his voice saying it all, you can hear how he would emphasize certain things and how his voice would inflect and such. you can hear where he'd smile, where he'd be completely sober.

[sojojoid]

@me835 I wish any one of my university professors were half as expressive in their explanations as Feynman is. I could sit for hours and just listen..

[IMadeOfClay]

@sojojoid Lol me too when I first heard him. Now that I've listened to many recordings of him over the years and wouldn't have his voice any other way :)

[yatter1]

I am a moron, I am ashamed to say it, but I am, then again, next to the great Feynman, I don´t feel too badly about it.

[rockhack1]

That man is a absolute legend.

[DaTwinkie405]

"If you can not explain it simply, you do not understand it well enough."

-Einstein

I believe the volcano analogy was an excellent example of that.

[fabianoColorado06]

this video managed to keep a smile on my face for more than 4 minutes. and in the end... gotta tell u, my eyes were filled with tears. It's just amazing how someone can have such a deep understanding of the world, and to put it in simple words. This surely is a piece of the "poetry of reality" Dawkins told us about.

[lyonlamb]

He looks like Louis de Funes.

[HETSoHz]

I was bored until the last 30 seconds then my mind exploded

[mak10z]

he was always so excited about the little things in life. the world needs more people like him.. so passionate about science. so giddy about explaining it. you could tell he really loved his work. he will be missed

[R063RC]

I showed this to my 4 year old brother and now he explains to everyone that a fight between Carbon and Oxygen is equal to Fire.

[nicawoos64]

"Massive WOOD" then rearranges his pants... suspicious?

[tericath1]

i would have wanted a teacher like him in the past ^^

[HeyHelloJulie]

This video taught me more than my teacher taught me the whole semester...

[montrey666666]

@CasusUniversum I'm going to scientists' hell for laughin at that :D

[joszax]

our wood is only a few jiggly atoms away from complete and utter oxidation

[misombra]

I am stoned and I keep watching this and it keeps getting more awesome

[EscapeArtist86]

sure... scratch your balls on camera^

[deityofanimee]

What amazing is that these are all things we're taught in school but never really THINK about. It really makes me feel blind.

[CriticalDaemon]

1:44 Its "Mass of wood", thank you.

[tehcexymeowmix]

Fire is a pretty cool guy, and so is this Feynman fellow.

[yticegoat]

1:44 it's "mess of wood" thank you

[mikeandroe]

My favorite thing about Feynman is he shares my thick Noo Yawk accent. Anytime people snark about it sounding unintelligent, I tell them to listen to a little Feynman.

[j4pan]

the fires of hell have long since wiped the smile of his smug ass face

[AvatarRoku]

if there were more teachers/professors like this, there would be a lot more physicists.

[yamidudes]

no it's not. as an atheist i prefer to ignore religion. conflict is perhaps an important issue, but if i could care less, if everyone cared less, it's not an important issue.

[BahBahTheSheep]

@yamidudes As a fucking idiot you prefer to talk about what you prefer for religion. Just shut the fuck up and enjoy some physics.

[stevz0r]

mind. blow.

[MrHakaiDo]

Not sure if high or really enjoying life.

[WilltehGreat]

@MrHakaiDo He's Richard Feynman. He's high ON enjoying life.

[BornAgainEngineer]

Release the sun from the wood.

[kcf6969]

@1:22 - the smile when he explains what "that catastrophe" is.

[Constellation05]

:D



[gitarrojoe]

he jiggled his pants of in chemistry lessons as a kid....

[jeffindacut22]

Oh Jiggle Billy! 

[jstep108]

Commence to Jigglin'!!

[Zmapes89]

I'm going to debate Fire! Screw you guys.

[DarkSkill56]

I read his autobiography and instantly fell in love with him =D (Non homo way XD)

[rosydonut]

This is a man who loves his job.

[Coolio867]

@rosydonut Loved, unfortunately...

[rosydonut]

@Coolio867

Damn...

[JoNnYShizzle]

I would become Christian again if I could meet Feynman in an afterlife. Then I realize I would be subscribing to a belief that is void of logic and reasoning.

[schustar322]

Richard Feynman talking about wood has given me wood

[premsil]

so no carbon, no fire?

[Viruzzz]

@premsil other elements can act as fuel too. Hydrogen for example.

[Mrtheunnameable]

I never thought about it that way.

[RoyMcAvoy]

I cried after watching this. All this while I always wonder what what process actually causes the fire to start.

11 years of education has failed to make me understand the concept of fire starter but this guy did it in less than 5 minutes posthumously.

Kudos to Dr. Feynman

[Gmoney420ify]

Deep breath for me at the end!

[pras1106]

more like Jack Nicholson

[BifSlamkovich]

I'm confused how fire is caused. Oxygen needs to go fast enough to bind to the carbon in the wood, but it doesn't happen under regular conditions. Why?

[trogdor3491]

@BifSlamkovich It needs to be very hot. Like fire hot.

[pgoc5]

@BifSlamkovich He explains it at the beginning of the video. Carbon and oxygen atoms love to snap together when they are very close, but will repel otherwise (volcano bowl analogy). Once you have a fire going, it's easy for nearby atoms to bounce and snap together with all the activity.

[Fuglebolle]

@BifSlamkovich Heat is the average kinetic energy (energy of motion) of the atoms or molecules. So enough heat is needed for the oxygen to have high enough velocities to be able to bond with the carbon atom.

[caustic128]

never thought of it like that; trees are made out of air

[Targ1tay]

I'm about to start university and I'm gonna be a physicist! HELL YEAH!

[MrEcted]

God damn I love this guy. I can't stop watching videos of him! I wish my mind could even come close to operating on a level similar to his.

[ScienceIsKnowledge]

"I gotta stop somewhere"

Yes Richard, you do.

It's too bad you did.

RIP

[liuliuoti]

This is just BEAUTIFUL.

and by beautiful I mean that "If there is no beauty in the world, the world is not worth living". fayah!

[jeaniebaby001]

i need to go watch some susskind videos now.... hooked on physics! x)

[TheRtjhe]

i wish i had known about him when i was in school

[pizzachik22]

amazing!

[donaldfaulkner]

Bada boom, bada bing. Now you've got your goddamn tree. From the air. By the way, if it's jiggly, it's hot.

[EquinoxParadox91]

I can't stop smiling.

[putteringpluie]

I love the way his face changes with excitement when he says "That catastrophe is fire"

[wipeout4wh]

This is a video about fire. Why are you idiots debating religion? Shut the fuck up and talk about fire.

[JoseExplosion]

@wipeout4wh I want to burn religious nuts in a fire.

[emkoirl]

@JoseExplosion Then you would be no different than the religious nuts who you despise so much, they also burned people who disagreed with them in fire.

[un000890]

@wipeout4wh because it is an important issue you retarded asshole

[fauxx82]

@un000890 so go argue about it on another video you retarded asshole this shit is about fucking fire

[JQisAwesome]

@wipeout4wh Smokey the Bear: Only YOU can prevent religious debates on Youtube.

[smokeythebear828]

@JQisAwesome But I wish I could too -___-

[TheMagnatar]

@wipeout4wh good one

[InsightVidya]

@wipeout4wh

ugga chug like fire

[fiesta181]

My brain went so fast that it caught fire!

[Jellybladder]

How cool would it be if Richard Feynmann was your Dad?

[TheFlintMint]

All God Talk aside,answer me this question: If any of Us approach the boundaries of the known Universe,what is behind that threshold? And isn't it an incredible thought to imagine that behind that 'door' is infinity? I mean isn't that just as spectacular as a persons notion of God anyway, regardless of what any of Us choose to believe about the origin of life as we know it?

[jmanson1981]

So elegant... until he was wrong. The CO2 is fixed into sugars, while the O2 released from the plant is actually from the photolysis of water. Oops.

[mojado1982]

@jmanson1981 I think he's right, he just didn't go through the detailed mechanism. He said CO2 came from the air, which is right, and then said that is the sun the responsable for the releasing of oxigen, and just looking at the word PHOTOlysis, I can say it is right :-)

[mysticbumwipe]

He he. But the evidence does NOT lead to an expanding universe with no cause out of nothing and from nowhere. We only assume that because we have as yet NO explanation. That's not evidence leading somewhere. That's ignorance. The evidence only is that there does appear to be a physical universe, perceivable and measurable by our physical senses. And the irony is that the origins of that which is perceiving and measuring is just as unknown as that which it is attempting to perceive and measure.

[darklord981]

Justin beiber is better than this guy.

[graiypz]

im like this guy when im faded.

[Antiks72]

Anyone else hearing Christopher Walken in this?

[enchiladaplatter1]

christopher walken?!?

[ajenglish]

How is it that the sun is so jiggly!? Mind = blown

[gellis4]

I'd like her oxygen to make my wood jiggle... I mean carbon.

[compactdisk2]

too bad he had to ruin a wonderful process by giving us the gift of understanding

[dunnowhathuh]

It's a thought thing, literally, trees grow out of the ground but yes, in order to do that in the first place, it requires components from the air. Using that logic, many things aren't made from what you think they're made from. I've always liked the one about eating the sun - sun provides energy for plants, animals eat plants and we eat the plants and animals.

[XA36]

1:44 "Massive wood" *tugs at pants*

[someguywhocanfly]

@XA36

I think it might be 'mess of wood'. Which is much, much worse.

[MaverickRhetoric]

@XA36 ". . .it's gonna get a lot of jiggling."

[ai1888]

@XA36 WTF?

[kanojo1969]

@XA36 He said 'mess of wood'. Just in case that changes the idea of what's going on in your pants.

[assbitchfucky]

@XA36 Mass of wood.

[AsianGuyInJeans]

@XA36 : I'm not at all surprised DICK would do this - as I get to know more of his personality, I can only come to one conclusion - he's a big PRICK!

[Pakayaro]

@XA36 it's gonna get a lot of jiggling

[Jordache22222]

What a wonderful mind!

[sethdonut]

a little turned on right now. not going to lie.

[ohungarian]

I like how he pulls up his pants as he says massive wood

[alchris23]

:42 the oxygen cums

[Nizow]

Jiggle Jiggle Jiggle!!

[frvfilms]

some one make a cartoon with his voice with this explanation

[MrAtomicsqurril]

massive wood.

[mckseal]

He sounds just like one of my favourite science teachers.

:)

[SamuraiHouse57]

He is so adorable

[misterscabs]

Is jesus from the air

[bikramgill07]

@misterscabs nah he is from your imagination.

[marcusbenjilake]

@misterscabs no, but he gets nailed to mighty wood.

[av6344]

10 pple are as dumb as a tree

[tubetib]

@av6344 Trees are smart in their own way.

[webnothing]

@av6344 Trees are much smarter than humans. Tree's didn't conjure up the monstrosity that is Justin Beiber.

[FingerPicker9]

@swimmer3690: yes, that helped. Thank you.

[FingerPicker9]

@everyone: sorry, my memory was confused. That's what I get for trying to be a smartass. My point was that the nitrogen needed by the plants must be fixated by some other organism that dwells on or in the ground. Sorry again for my confusion.

[Porkytool5]

wtf is he talking about

[thedoobieman5]

What a great guy to listen to

[stinkydiver7]

@w35t51d369: That wouldn't be an explanation.

[Metrosword75]

reddit sent me

[silva1wolf]

@Metrosword75 people like you shouldn't be on reddit

[w35t51d369]

An easier explanation would be God making it grow....

[goddamnslippers]

@w35t51d369 bahahahahahahahha



[insidious420]

@w35t51d369 : "An easier explanation would be God making it grow...."

You must be a big fan of Bill O'Reilly, eh?

[w35t51d369]

@insidious420 No i'm, thank god i am not american.

[webnothing]

@insidious420 God planned for us to chop down trees to make bibles so that he can spread his message. Because god couldn't think of a better method and doesn't really give a shit about the earth that he created which only took 6 days to create. Religion makes as much sense as O'Reilly, so they are both a match made in heaven.

[webnothing]

@mysticbumwipe Did I write anywhere that I am assuming god to be christian? If you believe that the assumption lies in my mention of the 6 day creation, then I'm afraid that the closest you will get is Judaism. Other than that, I don't really give one single shit about what god is because quite frankly, he doesn't exist until he cuts to the chase and reveals himself instead of beating around the bush with miracles, saints and the whole invisibility bullshit.

[mysticbumwipe]

@webnothing The Bible = the Christian's book = the Christian 'message'.

What existed before the big bang? Where did it come from? What caused it?

The concept of a single definite absolute beginning (big bang) is problematic.

It allows for only two logical options:

1. theism, which proposes this universe was created by an intelligence transcending the laws of time, cause and effect.

2. the universe came into being from no cause at all.

Neither can be logically assumed without difficulties.

[drfoxcourt]

@mysticbumwipe "Neither can be logically assumed without difficulties"

Occam's razor, the logical principle that you should not introduce factors that are unnecessary to an explanation or reasoning, would rule out introducing a god, as it is not in evidence and not required to explain what came before the Big Bang. If we accept the Big Bang Theory in it's current form, there was no "before."

The default answer in science is "We don't know."

[mysticbumwipe]

@drfoxcourt. "unnecessary" you say?! But I'm arguing that some form of "explanation" or "reasoning" IS actually required. The concept that everything came out of nowhere and nothing with no 'before' and no cause plus is still expanding into nothingness defies logic and all known scientific laws. You wrote: "If we accept the BigBang Theory in it's current form, there was no 'before'." Well I DON'T accept it in its current form. It seems as equally flawed as commonly accepted concepts of a 'God'.

[drfoxcourt]

@mysticbumwipe This is not a matter of what YOU accept. It is a matter of where the evidence leads, and it leads to "no before". Any God, deist or theist, may not be assumed as there is not evidence for it.

Calling the pre-Bang cause god removes any prima mobile in an infinite regression (what created god?, What created the thing that created god...). It is not an explanation any more than "the Universe came from nothing."

This is why I stated "the default answer in science is "We don't know."

[sstan1337]

@mysticbumwipe It seems flawed because you are unwilling to accept it. It does not fit with your view on how the world is supposed to work according to your holy book. Time started at the big bang so there was no before. Even if god was the begining, then who made god?And who made whatever made god? You are only filling gaps in your knowledge with god. Accept it! You will be a better person for it. If that is really what your ulltimate goal really is?

[mysticbumwipe]

@sstan1337. I don't have a holy Book. And I am not a Christian. You have made an incorrect assumption and it therefore appears you have not properly followed nor understood my argument. Please feel free to re-read what I have previously written in the light if this clarification if you wish to pursue this conversation. I only ask that you respond to what I have written, rather than to an misinterpretation of it due to 'a priori' prejudices.

[sstan1337]

@mysticbumwipe Yes, it seems you are correct. I did get a little over zealous, didn´t I? Sorry I stand corrected.

[seigeengine]

@mysticbumwipe a before is covered, as, given the current interpretation, the big bang was an event from which everything came, including space ( I'm also a believer in the theory of time as a spacial dimension ). Also, using a bit of Latin in your comments without a decent cause makes you look like a pompous arse. Just sayin'. Are you really being a jackass over that? It's simple. The logic system behind all human reasoning relies on an evolved set of responses based around binary logic.

[webnothing]

@mysticbumwipe Look up the definition of "Bible". It does not equal a Christian book.

Your logical options are far from logical. 1. Isn't intelligence a subset of the laws of the universe? Intelligence is (so far known) a product of biological logic.

It doesn't matter if its a big bang or a god or some cosmic fart, they are all in the same bin of the unknown. We can only speculate and neither of those speculations are actually incorrect factually because they all cannot be proven.

[mazdazoom22]

@webnothing

/watch?v=Mvg3Cj3Uo98 

[mysticbumwipe]

@webnothing. Dude!? :-0 Get real.

1st. The Bible consists of the 'old' and 'new' testaments. To Jews, there is no "Old Testament." The books that Christians call the NT are not part of Jewish scripture. The so-called OT is known to Jews as the Torah or the Tanakh NOT 'the Bible'.

2nd. "Biological logic"? Huh? What are you smoking? ;-)

3rd. Agreed "we can only speculate". We have 2 speculations at present: Theism and a big bang from nothing out of nowhere into nothing and nowhere. As I wrote

[seigeengine]

@mysticbumwipe There are more than 2 speculations. There are many. Theism is not a speculation, it is a classification. Thus ends this multi-part response to your commenting herein, I'll assume you're capable of putting them in the right order.

[seigeengine]

@mysticbumwipe By your definition, the only Christian book is the New Testament. By being a being with a finite capacity for understanding we are inherently limited. A fly does not grasp algebra, we find difficulty grasping certain concepts. It's not irrational to think that something might exist that does not follow our preconceptions, and perhaps might be a bit beyond what we consider "logical". There is an actually explanation of where the big bang could have come from. The entire concept of

[someguywhocanfly]

@insidious420

Also, since I can't find his original comment; easier =/= truthful

[CNVIII]

@w35t51d369 You are absolutely correct. That explanation would be "easier".

[redetrigan]

@w35t51d369

Insofar as god would have to be a being infinitely more complex than anything described here, no, it wouldn't.

[IdiotForPalin]

This guy needs to lay off the drugs

[twinwinlol]

@IdiotForPalin nice username.

[FingerPicker9]

I wonder where does Nitrogen, used to make carbohydrates, comes from...

Hint: it doesn't come out of the air

[chimaeraCAN]

@FingerPicker9 Carbohydrates are made from Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen. There is not any Nitrogen in carbohydrates.

You may be thinking of amino acids, which do contain Nitrogen. This comes from the ground, produced by bacteria.

HINT: The bacteria are called Nitrogen-Fixing and Nitrifying Bacteria, and the Nitrogen comes FROM THE AIR.

[swimmer3690]

@FingerPicker9 Nitrogen fixing bacteria in the ground fixes diatomic nitrogen (N2) from the air to produce ammonia(NH3) for use in biological organisms. Nitrogen does come from the air, but organisms can't use it in that form. Also, carbohydrates are predominantly carbon-hydrogen molecules.  CARBO (carbon) HYDRATES (hydrogen). Hope that helps.

[goddessgonebad]

@FingerPicker9 Actually... you need to take a look at what composes our air/atmosphere. The four biggest components are nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), argon (0.96%), and carbon dioxide (0.04%). Hint: you may want to consult your science textbook before trying to make smart comments on YouTube. 

[pnserious]

@FingerPicker9 You're not the sharpest knife in the block, are you?

[FishWash]

0:41

"...and the oxygen comes"

*fap fap fap*

[grayseeroly]

I knew or the facts of this, but it wasn't beautiful before today.

[llieske]

I keep thinking of Larry David explaining physics..